Having been involved for many years in fire rated products, gaining invaluable knowledge and insight into the composite fire door industry, Astraseal could see the requirement for a comprehensive fire safety door package. A start to finish solution backed up by extensive testing to the most onerous standards and certified by industry leading experts.
In March 2020, Astraseal became the first UK manufacturer to be awarded the third-party certification under the BM Trada scheme, STD170. The new Astraseal fire safety doors were approved by BM Trada under the Q-MARK Scheme - an independent third-party certification scheme that assures performance, quality, reliability and traceability of fire protection products. More recently Astraseal successfully tested door designs incorporating glazed panels within them, enabling an industry leading range of both solid and glazed FD30 door designs to be available.
Through further testing and development, the FD30 range was increased to offer the option to include a fully glazed side panel. The fully certified side panel options range from a single side panel frame incorporating a transom midrail to a large side screen up to 1597mm wide. The fire rated glazing within the side panel is available in clear or obscure. Critically the door and side panel combined is tested and certified to a 30-minute rating for both integrity and insulation.
The Astraseal fire door range is certified by Secure by Design for security, having passed the onerous PAS24 testing, resulting in an industry leading dual certified product for both fire rating and security, the ultimate fire safety door.
In addition to the Astraseal fire door range being fully third party certified for fire and security it is also third party accredited for smoke control, having been subject to and passing the relevant tests for smoke control performance. All test results were within the permitted leakage rate by considerable margin.
The Astraseal fire door range has been increased further to incorporate options for the makeup of the door slab itself with the recent addition of a solid core door utilising a board material made from resin-bonded agricultural fibres. At the right density, the material provides the structural properties and stable fire resistance required. It is also a green building product, which will help specifiers wanting to maximise the environmental standards of a scheme. The door slab is finished with 2mm GRP skins, which means it is low maintenance and able to withstand the rigours of high-traffic areas.
Astraseal have also been awarded Q-MARK certification to scheme STD052 covering the installation of composite fire doors, with installers undergoing an extensive training programme and being subject to regular on-site auditing, along with scheme STD058 for the maintenance of composite fire doors, enabling Astraseal to offer a fully third-party certified package covering, survey, manufacture, installation and maintenance.
Astraseal are committed to offering an industry leading range and package, with the current inclusions of glazed door designs, glazed top lights and side panels, full fire door screens and standalone fire rated windows all available as fully third-party certified products. This is enhanced with the impressive range of door designs, colours and door slab cores.
Astraseal’s ultimate fire safety door package provides a solution from enquiry through to survey, design, manufacture, and installation and goes on to include an opportunity for a maintenance contract. Proving its performance each door comes with comprehensive certification, giving customers the assurance that every door is backed up with unequivocal evidence.
For further information on the Astraseal fire door range visit thefiredoor.co.uk
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